Homeopathy (journal)


Homeopathy is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research, reviews, and debates on all aspects of homeopathy, a controversial form of alternative medicine. It is the official journal of the London-based Faculty of Homeopathy. The journal was established in 1911 as the British Homoeopathic Journal, resulting from a merger between the British Homoeopathic Review and the Journal of the British Homoeopathic Society. It obtained its current name in 2001 and the editor-in-chief is Peter Fisher. The journal was originally published by Nature Publishing Group, and then it has been published by Elsevier for sixteen years. Elsevier's decision to publish this journal has been called into question, given homeopathy's proven ineffectiveness and unscientific status. Elsevier's Vice President of Global Corporate Relations, Thomas Reller, has defended Elsevier's decision to publish the journal, saying that "We support debate around this topic".
The journal is now published by Thieme Medical Publishers.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2017 impact factor of 1.524. The journal's impact factor for 2015 was suppressed because of excessive self-citations.